Pilosocereus polygonus

Pilosocereus polygonus

Pilosocereus polygonus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Cereeae
Subtribus: Cereinae
Genus: Pilosocereus
Species: Pilosocereus polygonus

Name

• Pilosocereus polygonus (Lam.) Byles & G.D.Rowley, Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 19: 67. 1957.
  • Lectotype: Plumier, Pl. Amer. t. 196. 1759. Lectotypified by Zappi, Pilosocereus 149. 1994.

Synonyms

• Cactus polygonus Lam.; Encyc. 1: 539 (1783)
• Cephalocereus monoclonos (DC.) Britton & Rose; Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: 418 (1909)
• Cephalocereus polygonus (Lam.) Britton & Rose; Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: 418 (1909)
• Cephalocereus schlumbergeri (F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.) Urb.; Symb. Antill. 8: 464 (1920)
• Cereus monoclonus DC.; Prod. 3: 464 (1828)
• Cereus polygonus (Lam.) DC.; Prodr. 3: 466 (1828)
• Pilocereus monoclonos (DC.) F.M.Knuth; Backeb. & F. M. Knuth, Kaktus-ABC, 332 (1935)
• Pilocereus polygonus Salm-Dyck; Cact. Hort. Dyck. 24
• Pilocereus schlumbergeri F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.; Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 3: 186 (1897)
• Pilosocereus monoclonos (DC.) Byles & G.D.Rowley; Cact. & Succ. Journ. Brit. 19: 67 (1957)
• Pilocereus plumieri Lem. in Rev. Hort. 1862: 427. 1862, nom. illeg., syn. sec. Franck & al. 2019

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Brazil Hispaniola (Dominican Republic, Haiti) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Byles, R.S. & Rowley, G.D. (1957) Cactus and Succulent Journal of Great Britain 19 (3): 67.

Additional references

• 2019). https://www.mapress.com/j/pt/article/view/phytotaxa.411.3.1/28966 epublication.
• Verloove, F. & al. (2018). New cactus records from Gran Canaria with a key to the opuntioid species now established in the Canary islands Haseltonia 25: 115-124.
• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2007. Pilosocereus polygonus in Catalogue of the seed plants of the Flora of the West Indies Website. Smithsonian Institution. Accessed: 2015 Feb 20.
• Wunderlin, R.P. & Hansen, B.F. 2008. Pilosocereus polygonus in Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants. Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa. Published online. Accessed: 2015 Feb 20.
• Korotkova, N., Aquino, D., Arias, S., Eggli, U., Franck, A. , Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Guerrero, P.C., Hernández, H.M., Kohlbecker, A., Köhler, M., Luther, K., Majure, L.C., Müller, A., Metzing, D., Nyffeler, R., Sánchez, D., Schlumpberger, B. & Berendsohn, W.G. 2021. Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. Willdenowia 51(2): 251–270. DOI: 10.3372/wi.51.51208 Reference page. 

Links

• Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Pilosocereus polygonus in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 02. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Pilosocereus polygonus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Apr 08. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Pilosocereus polygonus. Published online. Accessed: Apr 08 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Pilosocereus polygonus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 Apr 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Pilosocereus polygonus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Apr 08. Reference page. 
• eFloras 2008. Pilosocereus polygonus in Flora of North America . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA., as Pilosocereus robinii
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Pilosocereus polygonus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: Bahama Dildo, Key Tree Cactus, Robin Tree Cactus

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